San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-06-24
THE CoLoRED DOCTORS
Are Now Holding a Very Interesting Con-
Vention in the Joske Hall.

night IN JOsktb nall Inc pTtslueht'
DIR. G. j. Stsrnes, occupying the chair,
and large number OF cOlOred citizens
were present.
After an overture was performed, the
! Rev. A. +. Jackson offered prayer, and
then ballad, 1.-The Last Rose Of sum
mer." WAS effectively sung by Mrs. Il.
! B. Walker.
Then Or. Starnes advanced and adj
| dressed the assembly as follows:
Mr.. President, Members of the Lone Star
| Medical Club Friends, Visitors and ALT is
with some feeling OF gratitude that arise TO
| pronounce the welcome on this eventual Occa-
sion.
10 look into these pleasant faces to listen
| to these familiar voices, and this hearty hand
| shaking, Is like living lie over again
| No greater question, not Il more sublime
| cause could come before the human mad, or
| could acIuutc you in leaving your helds oil Ia
| Dor than the one for which we have assem-
| bed tonight. Therefore We welcome you TO
| our county of BUXHT, our city of San Antonio,
| aud TO the peaceful homes of these our hos
pi able citizens. We welcome you rs indi-
! viduals; we welcome you as citizens of this
| our common country, and most especially %
we welcome you as representatives OF grand
and noble calling. Grand in its important
| features Of healing the sick, ewing the sui
| tcrlnE, and abOnshIDg pam.
| Grand in Its onward march OF uSCtul dlsCON-
| cries, wise inventions and sublime revelation.
| Noble because of its rapid and sure methods
| of supplantlng superstition ignorance ana
| vice in high places; and supplying the more
necessary wholesome requisites OF learned
| ana diguitied profession.
| Noble because OF its polished plans engaged
| in bringing the masses to that real plane OF in
| tclligCncc and reason by which the sting OF
| AN, dis asc and death may be pluckcd away
| by the scientific administration OF remedies
| whose physiological effect are thoroughly UNI
dCrstUOd Dy the administrator.
Why 10 be sex, to be afflicted aud cast
| upon bed TO languish IS more than poverty;
| II IS heath gone strength gone, resources
DIR ed up and supplies cut OF; and he who ad-
ministers Alright the remedies Tor the relief o!
the SICK and suffering, has calling more than
grand.
More than noble; IN usefulness he initiates
his creator.
ASKS Carlyle: What profession is there
equal in true nUOlCness to medicine Tie that
aUul snes pain, that relieves the sick, that
nea his fellow mo TAI Ut disease; Is ind :
.tably most useful Of all men HIM, will
savage anu civilized honor; YEA the world ~
nc hour Of wars and contagious viii thrust
her laurels upon MN. He Is in the right, be
IN the wr ny who may.
said Chancellor: Gould ! heal diseases, |
would say 10 all men and angels, without ell
tcrIaI mig fear or seeking favor, en- ecCe
ManilcsIing then deep Interest IN the call.
uEs We serve; observing, at the same time
the Uuneiul fleets OF the diseases to which the
humHu organism is heir, and seeing plainly
the great need Of rO'ess. onal ASSOCIATION We
nave instituted as you see the Lone
star Medical CLUB, and the mem
UCrs being HctlVuted by true patriotism,
OgethUr with great zeal for prOIess iOnal pro
grcss, have assembled Tor the purpose OF tust-
Ana ,yp t,.,.I tuurb vTotIred thnt vnu shOIId
nave selected our city, rs II place Tor holding
Tins, your first annual session; aud that the
DrI,.ii,u,. nt urnun.trriu,r mo n pIpntnp has
nc,,, Accorded v0mr servant There are INNS
m The rya - Of history WIN words fniI IT, b,,
| a ,un,tIITu nv winch we uuuy ,XnTrss ,IIr
JhnuULt- MOI 20 when we arc called unon IN
rrnnsnn,,e worms at welcome: NOT the enid
formal. cmpt, expressions. VOID of meaning
| lam ,y,tb honest earnest heartfelt words ri
| nHr,Ii,,I ,,rr.tIns W. rnrriyn vnu as frin,,I-
| =, 'nmtr friends and Ms brothrrs among brrl IN
| rem And Nv, r,uIIlr ms yonr yI.It IN orr
| in, i'm annual asspglbIy Ms having no srlttsh
nntiyp. or ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. no sinister pIlr-
uO.t Our incarceration is that II mas the no.
HE MIN snn oIi,.-t of heller ftcIIiIulinlr the
,inI,s nmI niIrIosrs TOR udya, cInp fhr inter.
| lssI MOI Of me nrJaniznfIon nnd imdIyI,iI,.,l
mn,rLnrs ulnnr hIt a humanitarian ,tFnr h,
| vii oh nuukind eyrrywhprp may h, brn,Htrd
'rE,.r,.tI,ri, ,y saw tye come W,plnn1 wi
,omc!I Three WELCOME nil OF Won among
II. n no aDprrcIutp the spirit of pr0gre sIyr
son, ra :, nd VIM resItye The imnnrIuIr. ,f II
Won d,sCiuIinrd nina in the hour of cIurr-
yt.ucv.
'ThTTo il and ever will he nm enhancing Tcs-
tIr,. in the healing arr that viii gcfuuIc rhr
honest practitioner in procuring means inr
The rrnGi of hIs patients. Hundreds OF years
INV, i,,nr ,.t in ill.,. ntrrnirynttha r,st -fIr,.
inc b,rnir IsrmIgniTs the hnIJ and tGgr e.
GInnrr,f,s The earned and ilIIIstrinIs t,al,,u
I.ff thrir sIIIrnr handV.ritI nv nm thr wall. and
,ub1Ip I b,, 6uriuU feats Of NsrrIIs Arlbus Tbf,
pIurIOus trIumDhs of Alexander the Great. the
1I,irt neurrIui raiyn Of AuvIIstrs Ctrsur are
ali hr,lrd "A. "A tuIs That is to d. ypt aIn,,.t for
,rntt,u NV he historians themselves rho simr,Ie
r,,ip,s Of Ihmst. n""r VntriSs 0f ,od.
and th,. snirIt maj movcd linn IN do s,,I, -,
tnIn,r for IIfTprImv humunit, Yre brrnminy
more and more p0pular each wear of our ry-
I,teuce. And the tIme is coming and now
il when he VINO tails To he hoard from
IInny mis- line Of advance will he r,.T,r,trd rs
n nrnfessiono, dwarf N n.ras re iupgdin,r me
nTopress of science
And il is Ms understand if that we have on.
tered the arena fer the purpose of widening
the channel. increasing the velocity, shaping
and moulding the plans for keeping in exist
vnce not only the theory, practice and IN. ans
OF years gone ny, Dut 10 MAKE useIul aOditIOh
"G,iy 10 inc WaICTIdi aIteady III s'oIt.
We Know i Ime VOTE 10 srtal one lauCIitu
WIN many uIlncuIlies anu uese1lhtuls' ana Se'
we are conscious OF success. 10 every indus
ilious ldDoltI III every Gaming III ne belongs
JrMc, anu "ntn tslrm Pa.CI'y TO- we uie&-
ptcSeu anu YET pleaSlug results tIat nave at
tended your IabOrs, l am Compelled to attrl-
"ulc II 10 your Co"uuC' ana competency aI"ht
ana not 10 your CoIoI' thIs Iueii Is the Jt"S1'
IL Is ptasInE ItlnInIstuCe. II 3 WIN u.-
Isnl mention mere tnal our uhassuhlLE re-
tIIhs RouLGeI DealIns mas CohHaHueu
LOT you 'he respect anu appreciation
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lHC most learned Oh Iue profession
Ior success everywhere; defeat Is uhHhoWh.
. ma III running up the transcendant destiny
auO''eu you Uy nature, IL seems 10 nave Oeeil
WIN you an instructive khOWIedge mat emil
hehcC comes not from Oirth, riches, authority,
nor Cl1NallOu OF place. Out from merit ana
AuoWICdSe alone
1ou nave rta iIeu thal you are surrounded
ana attended Dy nope grouPoI competitors,
ana rivals the CIhcr members OF the prOlGs-
>Ious' an Oh MhOm you nope 10 ONcIIakc, ana
even 10 Instance. WIN lhese advantages al
sOuf command you may continue 70 labor ana
ascend uuIi you sIduu upon the lOpmOsI
sItl'Il summit Oh lue "orIu.
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